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A number of noted individuals have been atheists. In presenting this list, we do not mean to imply that the fact that these people are atheists makes atheism any more likely--that would be a clearly bogus argumentum ad populum and argumentum ad vericundiam.
A partial list of persons believed to be atheists:
- Woody Allen
- Nathaniel Branden
- Marlon Brando
- Richard Branson
- George Carlin
- Adam Carolla
- John Carpenter
- Asia Carrera
- Noam Chomsky
- Richard Dawkins
- Thomas Edison
- Paul Ehrlich
- Larry Flynt
- Robbie Fulks
- Penn Jillette
- Paul Kurtz
- Karl Marx
- Jonathan Meades
- H.L. Mencken
- Camille Paglia
- Jacques Prévert
- Ayn Rand
- Christopher Reeve
- Matt Ridley
- Richard Rorty
- Bertrand Russell
- Marquis de Sade
- Carl Sagan
- George Soros
- Richard Stallman
- Teller
- Linus Torvalds
- Ted Turner
- Mark Twain
- Gore Vidal
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Joss Whedon
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